Sep. 1, 2022 12:01 am JST
Posted in: Venus Williams, Raducanu, Osaka all out in U.S. Open 1st round; Nadal wins See in context
Osaka is currently coachless again after splitting with Wim Fissette in July. She keeps firing her coaches.
When she split from coach Sascha Bajin shortly after winning her first US-Open title, I was very disappointed because I thought they were a perfect match. I was even more disappointed when she spoke about her reason, which was something like "happiness is more important than success".
I wondered then if athletes can be happy without winning.
Winning, howevery, requires hardwork and sacrifice. In otherwords, for athelets, winning/happiness and hardship are two sides of the same coin. Osaka tries to get one without the other, and that is not possible.
